I have loads of favourite authors, but here are a handful of my favourites. Some of them I've known for ages, others have been late discoveries.
I plan to update this list as and when new-to-me authors make an impression. Please note, I have only included novels in this list and not short-story collections or other writing.
Sebastian Barry (Irish, 1955 -)
The Whereabouts of Eneas McNulty (1998)
Annie Dunne (2002)
A Long Long Way (2005)
The Secret Scripture (2008)
On Canaan's Side (2011)
Richard Flanagan (Australian, 1961-)
Death of a River Guide (1994)
The Sound of One Hand Clapping (1997)
Gould's Book of Fish: A Novel in Twelve Fish (2001)
The Unknown Terrorist (2006)
Wanting (2008)
Kate Grenville (Australian, 1950- )
Lilian's Story (1985)
Dreamhouse (1986)
Joan Makes History: A Novel (1988)
Dark Places (1994)
The Idea of Perfection (1999)
The Secret River (2005)
The Lieutenant (2008)
Sarah Thornhill (2011)
MJ Hyland (British, 1968- )
How the Light Gets In (2004)
Carry Me Down (2006)
This is How (2009)
Jennifer Johnston (Irish, 1930- )
The Captains and the Kings (1972)
The Gates (1973)
How Many Miles to Babylon? (1974)
Shadows on Our Skin (1977)
The Old Jest (1979)
The Christmas Tree (1981)
The Railway Station Man (1985)
Fool's Sanctuary (1988)
The Invisible Worm (1992)
The Illusionist (1995)
Two Moons (1998)
The Gingerbread Woman (2000)
This is not a Novel (2002)
Grace and Truth (2005)
Foolish Mortals (2007)
Truth or Fiction (2009)
Shadowstory (2011)
John McGahern (Irish, 1934-2005)
The Barracks (1963)
The Dark (1965)
The Leavetaking (1975)
The Pornographer (1980)
Amongst Women (1990)
That They May Face the Rising Sun (2001)
Memoir (2005; Non-fiction)
Alex Miller (Australian, 1936- )
Watching the Climbers on the Mountain (1988)
The Tivington Nott (1989)
The Ancestor Game (1992)
The Sitters (1995)
Conditions of Faith (2000)
Journey to the Stone Country (2002)
Prochownik's Dream (2005)
Landscape of Farewell (2007)
Lovesong (2009)
Autumn Laing (2011)
Magnus Mills (English, 1954- )
The Restraint of Beasts (1998)
All Quiet on the Orient Express (1999)
Three to See the King (2001)
The Scheme for Full Employment (2003)
Explorers of the New Century (2005)
The Maintenance of Headway (2009)
A Cruel Bird Came to the Nest and Looked In (2011)
Chuck Palahniuk (American, 1962- )
Fight Club (1996)
Survivor (1999)
Invisible Monsters (1999)
Choke (2001)
Lullaby (2002)
Diary (2003)
Haunted (2005)
Rant (2007)
Snuff (2008)
Pygmy (2009)
Tell-All (2010)
Damned (2011)
Elliot Perlman (Australian, 1964- )
Three Dollars (1998)
Seven Types of Ambiguity (2003)
The Street Sweeper (2012)
Per Petterson (Norweigan, 1952- )
To Siberia (1996)
In the Wake (2000)
Out Stealing Horses (2003)
I Curse the River of Time (2008)
It's Fine By Me (2011)
Jean Rhys (Dominican, 1890-1976)
Quartet (1929)
After Leaving Mr. Mackenzie (1931)
Voyage in the Dark (1934)
Good Morning, Midnight (1939)
Wide Sargasso Sea (1966)
Anita Shreve (American, 1946- )
Eden Close (1989)
Strange Fits of Passion (1991)
Where or When (1993)
Resistance (1995)
The Weight of Water (1997)
The Pilot's Wife (1998)
Fortune's Rocks (1999)
The Last Time They Met (2001)
Sea Glass (2002)
All He Ever Wanted (2003)
Light on Snow (2004)
A Wedding In December (2005)
Body Surfing (2007)
Testimony (2008)
A Change in Altitude (2009)
Rescue (2010)
Salley Vickers (English, 1948- )
Miss Garnet’s Angel (2000)
Instances of the Number 3 (2001)
Mr Golightly’s Holiday (2003)
The Other Side of You (2006)
Where Three Roads Meet (2007)
Dancing Backwards (2009)
The Cleaner of Chartres (2012)
